New York S 516: Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose certain information to customers

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S00516 Summary:

BILL NOS00516B

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SAME ASSAME AS A01385-A

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §398-d, V & T L

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Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose whether parts supplied are under warranty and the estimate for all parts and labor; provides that no work can be done without the consent of the customer; provides for fines for violations of such provisions.

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BILL NOS00516B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/24/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

02/24/2025PRINT NUMBER 516A

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1230

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.357

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/16/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 516B

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 516--B
 Cal. No. 357

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transpor-
 tation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
 from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a
 third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
 the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 motor vehicle repair shops to disclose certain information to custom-
 ers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 398-d of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 1996
 3 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, are
 4 amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
 5 1. All work done by a motor vehicle repair shop shall be recorded on
 6 an invoice and shall describe all service work done and parts supplied.
 7 If any used parts are supplied, the invoice shall clearly state that
 8 fact. If any component system installed is composed of new and used
 9 parts, such invoice shall clearly state that fact. If any body parts are
 10 supplied to a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight not in excess of eigh-
 11 teen thousand pounds, the invoice shall clearly state whether such parts
 12 were manufactured as original equipment parts for the vehicle, or were
 13 manufactured as non-original replacement parts or are used parts. If
 14 any parts or labor supplied are covered under shop warranty, such
 15 invoice shall clearly state that fact, and a copy of the work order
 16 information and shop warranty of such parts or labor shall be displayed
 17 on such invoice. One copy of the invoice shall be given to the customer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02196-04-6

 S. 516--B 2

 1 and one copy shall be retained by the motor vehicle repair shop. For the
 2 purposes of insuring that the repairs described on the work invoice have
 3 been performed, every customer and [his] such customer's representative
 4 or a representative of an insurance company where such company has paid
 5 or is liable to pay a claim for damage to such customer's motor vehicle
 6 shall have a right to inspect the repaired motor vehicle. Such right of
 7 inspection shall also include the right to inspect all replaced parts
 8 and components thereof, except warranty or exchange parts. Provided,
 9 however, the exception for warranty or exchange parts from the right of
 10 inspection shall not apply to replacement inflatable restraint systems.
 11 Any such inspection by an insurer shall be made in a manner consistent
 12 with the requirements of sections two thousand six hundred one and three
 13 thousand